Children learn to copy each other’s shapes and mirror moving shapes. Dancers explore weekly concepts individually through a creative problem solving approach, sometimes with props to aid the exploration. Infants and toddlers engage in sensory motor activities to explore creative expression.Ĭreative Dance 4-Warm-ups include rhyming dance exercises, ballet-oriented stretches and listening activities using varied locomotor movements. Simple circle dances are performed to develop flow and sequencing. We work on shaping, dance with instruments and begin to develop technique through practice of gross motor skills. Our lessons explore weekly movement concepts with the help of props and imagery to increase learning. In Parent/Child classes, parents assist dancers through manipulation and guidance of all movement activities. We have enthusiastic and excited teachers, ready to apply their skills and talents to keep our Children’s Classes vibrant and alive!Ĭreative Dance 3-Warm-ups include rhyming dance exercises combined with use of props to increase coordination. While we at Columbia Dance sadly say goodbye and good luck to Miss Liz, we are extremely excited about our upcoming dance year. All curriculum will be approved on a monthly basis by Jan Hurst. All Children’s Classes will have an established, uniform curriculum and lesson plans for each month. Malcom has been teaching children of all ages for 30 years, and holds a Master’s Degree in Elementary Education. For example: Creative Dance III on Wednesday at 3:15 will have teacher ‘Sally’ scheduled to teach their class for the entire school year.Īll teachers will receive monthly curriculum and training sessions directed by Children’s Curriculum Supervisor Rebecca Malcom, with the assistance of Artistic Director/ Director of the School Jan Hurst. Each scheduled class session/time will have a regularly assigned teacher throughout the school year. This year, we will have 4 teachers for our Children’s Classes. Dougal has graciously offered ‘In-service Training sessions’ with our children’s class teachers and will be an ongoing source for information in the coming year. Dougal, a Columbia Dance Alumni, is currently the Director of Ballet at the Mason Gross Extension Division at Rutgers University, which is an ABT (American Ballet Theater) Certified School. She is also an ABT National Training Curriculum Affiliate Teacher. It’ll return it in better condition.”Īdding to the curriculum of Anne Green Gilbert, Columbia Dance is fortunate to have the expertise of Maeve Dougal. Studies show…dance and music and art and drama make kids better students and better people…Let art borrow some brain. Movement can and should remain an integral component of the learning process throughout the lifespan. Gilbert, “All human beings first learn through movement. In 2015-2016, we will continue to incorporate Anne Green Gilbert’s “Brain Compatible Dance Education” in our Children’s curriculum.
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